Ross

121 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ross, from 2 m² to 217,311 m² (21.73 ha, 53.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ross in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 13 Aug 2026N/a

  Construction of dwelling house, effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660426

• 8 May 2026N/a

  for existing retaining walls, foundations and all associated excavated ground works and site works. Planning Permission is sought for proposed domestic garage/shed to be constructed over existing retaining walls and all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660260

• 4 Dec 2025N/a

  THE RENOVATION AND BUILD ADDITION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING, BUILD NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALL EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER, FORM NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 25124

• 3 Dec 2025N/a

  retention of entrance and partially constructed driveway and will consist of permission for construction of a dwelling house, effluent treatment system and all associated site works to complete the development

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560612

• 18 Nov 2025N/a

  for existing retaining walls, foundations and all associated excavated ground works and site works. Planning Permission is sought for proposed domestic garage/shed to be constructed over existing retaining walls and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560567

• 9 Jul 2024Conditional

  Retention of garage and outbuilding and all associated site works at Ross Road, Ross, Co. Offaly

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460263

• 5 Apr 2023N/a

  EXCAVATED AREA COMPLETED TO DATE, PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE/SHED AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS/SERVICES

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23145

• 20 Dec 2022N/a

  DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22654

• 16 Dec 2021Conditional

  FOR SINGLE STOREY UTILITY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING HOUSE AND RETENTION OF SHED/OUTBUILDING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21777

• 8 Nov 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY DWELLING WITH GROUND FLOOR DOMESTIC GARAGE SPACE, PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND RAISED SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21696

• 15 Oct 2021N/a

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STORY DWELLING, PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND RASIED SOIL POLISHING FILTER, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21642

• 11 Mar 2021Conditional

  ENTRANCE AND PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED DRIVEWAY AND OUTLINE PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT HOUSE, GARAGE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 21121

• 2 Mar 2021N/a

  ENTRANCE AND PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED DRIVEWAY AND OUTLINE PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT HOUSE, GARAGE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2194

• 19 Feb 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING. THE PROPOSED REAR EXTENSION WILL BE APPROX. 60 SQ. M IN PLAN AREA. THE HEIGHT OF THE SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION IS APPROXIMATELY 3.6M TO EAVES. (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TIMBER FRAMED CANOPY TO FRONT ENTRANCE OF EXISTING DWELLING. THE CANOPY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 3.3M IN HEIGHT AND HAVE A PLAN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 3.9 SQ.M. THE CANOPY WILL BE ROOFED TO MATCH THE EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING. (3) THE INSTALLATION OF SUITABLY DESIGNED AND SIZED SOLAR PV PANELS TO THE FRONT ROOF OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND DRAINAGE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE PROPOSED WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2174

• 5 Feb 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING. THE PROPOSED REAR EXTENSION WILL BE APPROX. 60 SQ. M IN PLAN AREA. THE HEIGHT OF THE SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION IS APPROXIMATELY 3.6M TO EAVES. (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TIMBER FRAMED CANOPY TO FRONT ENTRANCE OF EXISTING DWELLING. THE CANOPY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 3.3M IN HEIGHT AND HAVE A PLAN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 3.9 SQ.M. THE CANOPY WILL BE ROOFED TO MATCH THE EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING. (3) THE INSTALLATION OF SUITABLY DESIGNED AND SIZED SOLAR PV PANELS TO THE FRONT ROOF OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND DRAINAGE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE PROPOSED WORKS.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2145

• 21 Aug 2020Conditional

  (A) CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER OUTHOUSE TO FORM RESIDENTIAL UNIT WITH ASSOCIATED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO INSTALL NEW RAISED SOIL POLISHING FILTER TO SERVICE ASSOCIATED SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20382

• 31 Jul 2020N/a

  CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OUTHOUSE TO FORM RESIDENTIAL UNIT WITH ASSOCIATED SEPTIC TANK AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO INSTALL NEW RAISED SOIL POLISHING FILTER TO SERVICE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 20336

• 14 Feb 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY 4 BEDROOM DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RAISED BED SAND POLISHING FILTER SYSTEM, NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2041

• 23 Jan 2018Conditional

  TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA, NEW ENTRANCE & ALL ASSOCIATED AND NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 1825

• 17 Jan 2018N/a

  A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, NEW ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 1815

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Screggan Bog NHA 000921

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ross.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ross.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ross.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Ross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ross · An Ros

Area

3,149,224 m² (314.92 ha, 778.19 acres)

Civil parish

Lynally, and its townlands

Barony

Ballycowan

Electoral division

Screggan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Screggan electoral division: 1,513 people in 479 households; 89% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brackagh, Cloghanbane, Clonad, Clonagh West, Clonterlough, Heath, Hollimshill, Killurin, Mucklagh, Screggan, Shanvally

Placenames

Ross on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.